Jack Hauen

1 week ago | orilliamatters.com | Jack Hauen

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared on The Trillium, a Village Media website devoted exclusively to covering provincial politics at Queen’s Park. One 68-year-old man was in the hospital for four years, hooked up to a feeding tube, breathing tube and a ventilator. An 82-year-old man required dialysis, a feeding tube and a mechanical lift to get out of bed. Another patient had a bed sore down to the muscle and couldn't move his arms or legs.

2 weeks ago | sootoday.com | Jack Hauen

A judge deciding the fate of several supervised consumption services (SCS) sites has asked lawyers for both sides to bring the facts of the case in line with reality. Ontario Superior Court Justice John Callaghan is currently considering a Charter challenge seeking to overturn a Ford government law that outlaws supervised consumption sites within 200 metres of schools or child-care centres. He issued an injunction last month allowing the sites to stay open while he considers the case.

3 weeks ago | thetrillium.ca | Jack Hauen

Nine drug of 10 consumption and treatment services (CTS) sites targeted for closure by Tuesday will shut down, despite a court injunction granting them a reprieve. Staff members confirmed the April 1 closures of CTS sites at the Guelph Community Health Centre, Thunder Bay's NorWest Community Health Centre, Toronto's Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre (Bathurst location) and Toronto's Regent Park Community Health Centre.

3 weeks ago | thetrillium.ca | Jack Hauen |Aidan Chamandy

Ontario says it has “successfully transitioned” nine former supervised drug consumption sites across the province into abstinence-based HART hubs, providing health care, housing and treatment to people looking to get clean. Without funding agreements with the Ministry of Health, however, many of the sites' promised services — from withdrawal management to supportive housing, to primary care — won’t be up and running for a while yet.

1 month ago | burlingtontoday.com | Jack Hauen

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared on The Trillium, a Village Media website devoted exclusively to covering provincial politics at Queen’s Park. Speaking with key stakeholders on Friday, Premier Doug Ford outlined Toronto's contributions to Ontario's economy, his model of conservatism and how the ongoing U.S.-Canada trade war is fuelling nationalism across the country. His audience of Grade 3 students was mostly interested in how old he was and how much money he made.